diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wcwidth/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wcwidth/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa993c593e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wcwidth/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonPackage }:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+    name = "wcwidth-${version}";
+    version = "0.1.7";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "mirror://pypi/w/wcwidth/${name}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = "0pn6dflzm609m4r3i8ik5ni9ijjbb5fa3vg1n7hn6vkd49r77wrx";
+    };
+
+    # Checks fail due to missing tox.ini file:
+    doCheck = false;
+
+    meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+      description = "Measures number of Terminal column cells of wide-character codes";
+      longDescription = ''
+        This API is mainly for Terminal Emulator implementors -- any Python
+        program that attempts to determine the printable width of a string on
+        a Terminal. It is implemented in python (no C library calls) and has
+        no 3rd-party dependencies.
+      '';
+      homepage = https://github.com/jquast/wcwidth;
+      license = licenses.mit;
+    };
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5c694f4d801b..7fe5f9f9ffca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -14845,30 +14845,7 @@ EOF
     imagemagick = pkgs.imagemagickBig;
   };
 
-  wcwidth = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "wcwidth-${version}";
-    version = "0.1.6";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchurl {
-      url = "mirror://pypi/w/wcwidth/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "02wjrpf001gjdjsaxxbzcwfg19crlk2dbddayrfc2v06f53yrcyw";
-    };
-
-    # Checks fail due to missing tox.ini file:
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "Measures number of Terminal column cells of wide-character codes";
-      longDescription = ''
-        This API is mainly for Terminal Emulator implementors -- any Python
-        program that attempts to determine the printable width of a string on
-        a Terminal. It is implemented in python (no C library calls) and has
-        no 3rd-party dependencies.
-      '';
-      homepage = https://github.com/jquast/wcwidth;
-      license = licenses.mit;
-    };
-  };
+  wcwidth = callPackage ../development/python-modules/wcwidth { };
 
   web = buildPythonPackage rec {
     version = "0.37";